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By Rachel Deanne Sherman ’18 Shenandoah University offers students an abundance of challenging opportunities to complete research over the summer. Research projects conducted this year focused on ... Continue Reading Research Keeps Shenandoah University Students…
Shenandoah University’s Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy’s GO GIRL (Genomic Opportunities for Girls in Research Labs) program recently received the 2018 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT ... Continue Reading Pharmacy’s GO GIRL Program Receives…
Over the summer months, the Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy entered into articulation agreements with Shepherd University, located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and Richard Bland College of ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Signs Articulation Agreements with…
By Rachel Deanne Sherman ’18 Shenandoah University's for-credit, faculty-led Global Experiential Learning courses took students to countries around the world this summer, where they immersed ... Continue Reading A Summer Trip That Reverberates…
Shenandoah musical theatre student Roman Banks ’21 always aspired to perform on Broadway. He just had no idea it would happen so soon. Making theatre history Banks is a standby performer for the ... Continue Reading Banks On Broadway Conservatory Student…
Have you seen videos where people whisper, cut hair, or unwrap candy bars slowly to help other people relax? If you have, you’ve potentially experienced Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR, ... Continue Reading The Go-To Guy For “Brain…
Shenandoah University will honor three conservatory alumni during the 2018 Homecoming and Family Weekend event from Friday, Oct. 5, through Sunday, Oct. 7. These alumni will be recognized at the 2018 ... Continue Reading Three Conservatory Alumni to be…
The Harlem Globetrotters will take to the court at the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics & Events Center on Monday, November 5. This will be the event center’s first globally branded sports and ... Continue Reading Harlem Globetrotters Coming to Shenandoah…
Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (SSMT) celebrated its 35th season in summer 2018 with a season that included "Newsies," "West Side Story" and "Mamma Mia!" Over 175 employees were hired for the season, ... Continue Reading SSMT Celebrates Most Successful Season…
If you’ve decided to enjoy the summer weather by strolling on the sidewalks next to Abrams Creek or around Wilkins Lake in Jim Barnett Park, which adjoins Shenandoah, you might have almost run into a ... Continue Reading Neighboring Heron Makes Appearances Big…
Shenandoah Conservatory hosted its 6th annual Instrumental Conducting Symposium from June 24, through June 27, and featured Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Conducting Timothy J. Robblee, ... Continue Reading 2018 Instrumental Conducting Symposium
The Bass Coalition Summer Workshop at Shenandoah Conservatory hosted 35 bassists ranging in age from 10 to 45. Of those 35 artists, five were selected to participate in the Stokes Intensive Workshop ... Continue Reading 2018 Bass Coalition Summer Workshop
Shenandoah Conservatory hosted its fourth annual Double Reed Camp this summer from July 23, through July 28, as part of the nationally recognized Bocal Majority & Operation O.B.O.E. camp system. ... Continue Reading 2018 Bocal Majority & Operation…
From July 14 through July 22, a total of 127 voice professionals came to Shenandoah to participate in sessions offered during the Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute's annual ... Continue Reading CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute Celebrates…
The Church Music Institute (CMI) was held from July 17, through July 29, at Shenandoah Conservatory under the leadership of Director and Associate Professor of Organ and Church Music and Director of ... Continue Reading Church Music Institute Trains Church…
Professor of Flute Jonathan Snowden, A.G.S.M., hosted the 2018 National Flute Workshop with Rebecca Carey, professor of flute at Levine School of Music. The event was held from July 16, through July ... Continue Reading National Flute Workshop Celebrates Successful…
Shenandoah Conservatory hosted the 10th annual National Jazz Workshop from July 15, through July 20. Directed by Adjunct Associate Professor of Classical and Jazz Trombone Matt Niess, D.M.A., and ... Continue Reading National Jazz Workshop Celebrates Successful…
Catalin Dima ’18 was offered a position at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma, and Richard Jeric ’18 at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Jeric will serve ... Continue Reading Pianists Dima ’18 and Jeric…
Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor of Voice and Co-Founder of the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute Edrie Means Weekly ’84, M.M., was honored this summer to accept an invitation to be a member of the ... Continue Reading Weekly – Summer 2018 Highlights
Interim Director of Music Education and Professor of Music Education Stephanie Standerfer, Ph.D., gave two presentations for the International Society for Music Education World Conference held in ... Continue Reading Standerfer Shares Two Presentations at…
Coordinator of Musical Theatre Dance and Assistant Professor of Jazz Dance Jacob Brent, M.F.A., taught for a week at the Opera House in Copenhagen and Royal Danish Ballet School. He worked with ... Continue Reading Brent Teaches at Royal Danish…
Adam Koch ’20 performed several French organ masterworks on the organs for which they were written in Paris this summer. At Sainte-Clotilde, the church of César Franck and Jean Langlais, he played ... Continue Reading Koch ’20 Performs French Organ…
Director and Associate Professor of Music Production & Recording Technology Golder O’Neill ’92, M.M.E., and Laurence Elder ’92 (B.M. in Jazz Studies) installed recording equipment for the ... Continue Reading O’Neill ’92 and Elder ’92…
In August 2017, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Theory Charlene Baughan Romano, D.M.A. (in progress), rejoined the Shenandoah Conservatory faculty while continuing to perform, write, teach ... Continue Reading Romano – 2017/18 News Highlights
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dance Mary Robare, B.A., taught several summer sessions of dance at the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy (SCAA). She also taught musical theatre dance for a dance ... Continue Reading Robare Teaches Dance Throughout the…
Director of Music Therapy, Coordinator of Graduate Music Therapy and Associate Professor of Music Therapy Anthony Meadows, Ph.D., was nominated by Shenandoah University for the State Council of Higher ... Continue Reading Meadows Nominated for SCHEV 2019…
Director of Music Therapy and Associate Professor of Music Therapy Anthony Meadows, Ph.D., has been recording music therapy sessions this summer using a 360-degree camera so students can view the ... Continue Reading Meadows Prepares 360 Music Therapy…
Shenandoah University has added 15 new majors and minors to its list of degrees and certificates that students can earn. The university currently offers more than 100 academic programs in seven ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Adds 15 New…
Vice President for Academic Affairs Adrienne G. Bloss, Ph.D., has been named the first provost of Shenandoah University, a title which better aligns with her role as the university's chief academic ... Continue Reading Bloss Named Shenandoah University Provost…
Adjunct Associate Professor of Physician Assistant (PA) Studies Rachel A. Carlson, Ed.D., PA-C, DFAAPA, was named the Virginia PA of the Year by Virginia Academy of Physician Assistants(VAPA) at its ... Continue Reading PA Faculty Member Named Virginia…
Shenandoah University's Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing announces that it is the first to offer a Patient Care Navigator Certificate for licensed registered nurses (RNs) seeking to pursue ... Continue Reading Patient Care Navigator Certificate Program…
Cenira Schreiber (C ’95, C ’06) participated as a piano soloist in the Minas Gerais Symphony Orchestra’s “Winter of the Arts” performance. Lawrence Webb (AS ’97, AS ’04) has accepted a position as ... Continue Reading August 2018 Class Notes
Shenandoah Conservatory has appointed 10 new full-time faculty members for the 2018/19 academic year. "As our faculty search committees noted, all bring with them a passion for mentorship, an ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Conservatory Welcomes 10 New…
– By Rachel Deanne Sherman ’18 For the first time, two new Shenandoah alumnae will serve in the Peace Corps at the same time. Brenda Nieves ’18 and Maddie Albornoz ’18 leave for their programs in ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Graduates Join The Peace…
– By Rachel Deanne Sherman '18 The year is 2018. Mental health is still stigmatized, and people with mental illness have difficulty reaching out for help. While the stigmatization lessens with each ... Continue Reading Active Minds Opens Conversations About…
For a week this summer, students from an array of countries around the world came to Winchester for an International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) International Conference & Youth ... Continue Reading 360 Videos Inspire Emotional Connection…
